Comments on: Should You Become A UX Generalist Or A UX Specialist?

By: Mazl

Mazl — Mon, 01 Feb 2021 08:51:46 +0000

In reply to Sarah. Haha, you replied to a comment that was more than 8 years ago—things have changed a lot since then, back in 2012 there were no "no-code" applications that made our lives easier. Nevertheless, it does not hurt to know a bit about HTML & CSS to make the handover to developers as easy as possible. Also, it helps to know what's reasonable and feasible when designing the UX/UI.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 29 Oct 2020 14:28:06 +0000

In reply to Preston McCauley. I disagree with a UX professional needing to know how to code HTML and CSS with expert level proficiency. Even the best developers who write CSS daily would not call themselves experts. There are tools such as Axure which do more than enough and now with Adobe and Sketch pushing HTML and CSS plugins there really isn't that need to that level.

By: Priscilla

Priscilla — Sun, 13 Aug 2017 19:36:17 +0000

Thank you! Incredibly helpful and encouraging!

By: Ngeshlew

Ngeshlew — Tue, 04 Oct 2016 07:13:24 +0000

Hi Matthew,

Great article you have here. I will lean towards UX Generalist, it’s more like a Design Thinker who has a lot to offer.

Thanks again for the article.

By: Fernando Davila

Fernando Davila — Mon, 30 Nov 2015 16:03:23 +0000

Great article! Thanks!

By: Luke Chambers

Luke Chambers — Sat, 29 Aug 2015 04:07:48 +0000

In reply to Rody.

Hi Rody! You can, and are very welcome to! You just need to head over to http://community.uxmastery.com/ and create a free forum account. See you in there. =)

By: Rody

Rody — Wed, 26 Aug 2015 13:10:31 +0000

would really love to join the forum aand learn more about UX generalist and UX Specialist

By: Matthew Magain

Matthew Magain — Wed, 21 Jan 2015 11:46:12 +0000

In reply to Marie Kim. Glad to hear Marie. Be sure to sign up for our community forums too! There are some amazingly helpful folks in there.

By: Marie Kim

Marie Kim — Sat, 10 Jan 2015 20:58:30 +0000

The way you articulated the “internal conversation” that many of us may be having or have had so accurately captured how I’m currently feeling in my career! It is great to read that others have had the same struggles.
Thanks for the post! (I’m also going to buy The 40 Hour Work Week right now.)

By: ivan juras

ivan juras — Wed, 09 Apr 2014 13:03:55 +0000

UXers are always going to be generalists with strong skills in various fields. I think of myself as a good IA, since I come from the SEO field (these 2 are very related). However, over time I just realized that we as UXers are simply “holders of the entire vision”. When the marketing guy goes overboard, you jump in. When the coders have their crazy ideas, you jump in. When the stakeholders don’t know what to do, you jump in.

I haven’t seen a career which is so involving as the UX. You simply have to be involved into everything, and that’s why I agree, soft skills are extremely important for us.